Word: factualism
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...first half of the course is, actually, the broader of the two, but involves, in general, a highly concentrated study of political theory. A principal student complaint is that the lectures are "over our heads." The second half is as factual as a straight civics course...
...years the type of examinations has changed more than once. The first factual tests in narrow fields gave way to broad "comprehensives" filled with essay questions. Later, the board pioneered with "scholastic aptitude" tests. By World War II it begar, giving "achievement tests" in 10 different subjects. Of these, in addition o the scholastic aptitude test, most colleges require three. Instead of writing essays, the student must now answer short questions, designed to test his ability to think as well as remember. Unlike the older essays, they are questions no teacher can anticipate, and no student can ever cram...
Unconnected Logic. The Worker had good reason to crow. Though Salisbury's dispatches were supposed to be a factual report on economic progress in the Soviet Union, Salisbury used what facts he had to draw some remarkably naive conclusions. For example, he said that "foreigners long resident in Moscow" took the "cleaning, painting and construction" going on in Moscow as a sign that Russia was not expecting atomic bombs would soon be falling on Soviet territory. He interpreted "a steady increase in the quantity of pots and pans, copper and brass samovars" as evidence that "the Kremlin does...
...week after week, as the Times printed long -and censored-dispatches from Salisbury which more or less echoed Pravda and Izvestia, the Times had worriedly wondered whether its readers should not be warned about such "news." Wouldn't readers otherwise grant it the same respect they did to factual, uncensored stories...
Allen said his investigation would proceed on a slow, factual basis. He plans to collect all material on Lynch's background in an attempt to find out if he has any connection with Alderson Zoll, compiler of the Reducators list, and the National Council for American Education, the publisher. He would then publicize this material...